be found grazing in some areas during the spring and summer months . the effects of grazing on the local environment were the subject of controversy in the 1980s . = = land @ - @ management compromise = = by the 1970s and 1980s , a century of intense cattle grazing had reduced much of the rip ##arian vegetation along stream banks in the trout creek mountains and elsewhere in the great basin . as a result , stream banks were er ##od ##ing and upland vegetation was en ##cr ##oa ##ching into rip ##arian zones . aspen populations declined as grazing cattle eliminated young trees , decreasing shade over streams and raising water temperatures . these conditions put the rare la ##hon ##tan cut ##th ##ro
be found grazing in some areas during the spring and summer months. the effects of grazing on the local environment were the subject of controversy in the 1980s. = = land @ - @ management compromise = = by the 1970s and 1980s, a century of intense cattle grazing had reduced much of the riparian vegetation along stream banks in the trout creek mountains and elsewhere in the great basin. as a result, stream banks were eroding and upland vegetation was encroaching into riparian zones. aspen populations declined as grazing cattle eliminated young trees, decreasing shade over streams and raising water temperatures. these conditions put the rare lahontan cutthro